Glen Johnson's Christmas list.... (calling out Joe Calzaghe)

[killersheep]

spot on donaire, 114-114 was exactly how i and a lot of observers scored that.

Johnson-Calzaghe would be joes easiest payday since manfredo.

Johnson is a come forward, middle of the ring brawler. JC is 46-0 because he is soooo good against these types of opponents and simply fights these guys at angles and in aggresive consistent flurrys.

The fight wont happen because it just isnt attractive enough to persuade either HBO or Calzaghe, but if it was to it would have 120-108 calzaghe written all over it!!

Gonna call bullshit on this, Johnson is a tough fight for anyone, he won't clam up like Manfredo, his output will put to shame what Hopkins and Jones did, and he's a cagey old man. I still think Calzaghe would win on points, but saying it would be easy is ridiculous.

I know what your saying mate and an in your face brawler like GJ would cause problems for anyone.

But in kessler, hopkins, RJJ Joes been up against styles he has rarely faced in his career and each time he had to overcome a new obstacle.

In Johnson i just dont see anything other than a glorified calzaghe-esque previous that he has been through endless times in his career to date and robin reid apart hasnt come across a single problem!!

Fair enough and you are entitled to your belief, but to say it would be as easy as Manfredo suggests you haven't ever seen Johnson fight. Johnson is cagey enough that Calzaghe will have to take time to adapt.

[HattonTheHammer]

Gonna call bullshit on this, Johnson is a tough fight for anyone, he won't clam up like Manfredo, his output will put to shame what Hopkins and Jones did, and he's a cagey old man. I still think Calzaghe would win on points, but saying it would be easy is ridiculous.

I know what your saying mate and an in your face brawler like GJ would cause problems for anyone.

But in kessler, hopkins, RJJ Joes been up against styles he has rarely faced in his career and each time he had to overcome a new obstacle.

In Johnson i just dont see anything other than a glorified calzaghe-esque previous that he has been through endless times in his career to date and robin reid apart hasnt come across a single problem!!

Fair enough and you are entitled to your belief, but to say it would be as easy as Manfredo suggests you haven't ever seen Johnson fight. Johnson is cagey enough that Calzaghe will have to take time to adapt.

Ive seen Glen Johnson from his hiding by B-hop, to the fights with tarver right up until the dawson fight ( a good 10-15 of his fights)

Dont disregard the man one single bit but just know calzaghe would not struggle with any of the issues most of johnsons crusades have come up against!!

[DaxxKahn]

I know what your saying mate and an in your face brawler like GJ would cause problems for anyone.

But in kessler, hopkins, RJJ Joes been up against styles he has rarely faced in his career and each time he had to overcome a new obstacle.

In Johnson i just dont see anything other than a glorified calzaghe-esque previous that he has been through endless times in his career to date and robin reid apart hasnt come across a single problem!!

Fair enough and you are entitled to your belief, but to say it would be as easy as Manfredo suggests you haven't ever seen Johnson fight. Johnson is cagey enough that Calzaghe will have to take time to adapt.

Ive seen Glen Johnson from his hiding by B-hop, to the fights with tarver right up until the dawson fight ( a good 10-15 of his fights)

Dont disregard the man one single bit but just know calzaghe would not struggle with any of the issues most of johnsons crusades have come up against!!

Johnson Still pulls the trigger...Jones doesn't....Johnson will eat punches if need be....He has a high defense that woukld make it hard for Joes tap and flurry style to get in with a high % land rate...I agree with Killer...Either you have not really seen Johnsons fights enough or you are not looking at this outside a fan based attitude

[Bomp]

Joe wins a by UD. come forwrad guys are his bread and butter, but Johnson is tough enough to cause a lot of problems. I see it as similar to Johnson -Dawson except Joe has the stamina to not take rounds off, so IMO the decision will be wider.

As for avoiding Johnson now, he's just to far down the pecking order. He's lost recently to both Dawson and Woods. Johnson's problem is that he's too one paced (not dimensional), from those two fights it seemed that his opponents only needed to up the pace above what he couldn't keep up with to take rounds, of course without really denting the guy's strong jaw. Calzaghe will be able to keep that pace going for more rounds.

[killersheep]

Joe wins a by UD. come forwrad guys are his bread and butter, but Johnson is tough enough to cause a lot of problems. I see it as similar to Johnson -Dawson except Joe has the stamina to not take rounds off, so IMO the decision will be wider.

As for avoiding Johnson now, he's just to far down the pecking order. He's lost recently to both Dawson and Woods. Johnson's problem is that he's too one paced (not dimensional), from those two fights it seemed that his opponents only needed to up the pace above what he couldn't keep up with to take rounds, of course without really denting the guy's strong jaw. Calzaghe will be able to keep that pace going for more rounds.

This is a fair assessment. I don't think Johnson OR Dawson can bring the payday Joe's gonna require.

[DaxxKahn]

Sadly for Joe there is really no one in or around his division who would bring him the pay day he deserves right now...Joe desereves a nice big paycheck before retirement...No one will garner enough viewers....

[Rantcatrat]

Sadly for Joe there is really no one in or around his division who would bring him the pay day he deserves right now...Joe desereves a nice big paycheck before retirement...No one will garner enough viewers....

You may know the state of boxing in Britain better than I, but wouldn't any fight in Wales bring Joe a big pay day?